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Palliative Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
AACN Advanced Critical CareThe purposes of this review are to describe differences between palliative care for adult patients and palliative care for pediatric patients, both generally and in the intensive care unit; to highlight ethical considerations for pediatric intensive care unit patients by using illustrative cases; and to examine the impact of these ethical ...
Noreen, Crain, Joy, Miller
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Behavioral Changes in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1992The purposes of this study were to compare the frequency and severity of manifestations of anxiety, depression, delirium, and withdrawal in pediatric patients hospitalized in intensive care unit vs ward settings and to evaluate the impact of preexisting psychopathologic disorders on the expression of these symptoms.Prospective patient series.Tertiary ...
S M, Jones, D H, Fiser, R L, Livingston
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Autopsies and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1994The pediatric autopsy can provide great benefits to families at a time when their world is falling apart. It can be invaluable in the processing of grief that families endure, helping them to plan their future. Autopsy results not only provide information but may also provide consolation by giving the family the opportunity to discuss the disease ...
D, Riggs, R E, Weibley
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Infections in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1987All infections occurring in a busy pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from 1982 to 1984 were characterized by site, bacteriology, acquisition status, and outcome. Standard Centers for Disease Control criteria were employed. Nine hundred sixty-five patients were admitted to the PICU. Mortality was 3.4%.
R B, Brown +4 more
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Hyperglycemia in the pediatric intensive care unit
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2007Studies on critically ill adults demonstrate the benefits of glycemic control. There is a paucity of data, however, in pediatric intensive care settings. This review summarizes sentinel papers in the adult literature, outlines mechanisms by which hyperglycemia mediates its effects in the critically ill, highlighting those described in pediatrics, and ...
Genna W, Klein +2 more
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Education in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2022This article addresses the latest data and ideas related to education in the pediatric intensive care unit, including traditional education methods with newer and technology-based methods. A review of adult learning theory is included with discussions regarding medical decision making and error prevention, bedside teaching, medical simulation, and ...
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The High-Reliability Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2013In health care, reliability is the measurable capability of a process, procedure, or health service to perform its intended function in the required time under actual or existing conditions (as opposed to the ideal circumstances under which they are often studied).
Matthew F, Niedner +2 more
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Telemedicine in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2013Telemedicine technologies involve real-time, live, interactive video and audio communication and allow pediatric critical care physicians to have a virtual presence at the bedside of any critically ill child. Telemedicine use is increasing and will be a common technology in remote emergency departments, inpatient wards, and pediatric intensive care ...
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric intensive care units
Critical Care Medicine, 1997To determine the effectiveness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU).A nonconcurrent cohort study of consecutive admissions.Thirty-two pediatric ICUs.Consecutive admissions to 32 pediatric ICUs.None.Pediatric ICU patients were followed for the occurrence of a cardiopulmonary arrest (external cardiac massage ...
A D, Slonim +3 more
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Invasive candidiasis in pediatric intensive care units
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2009Candidemia and disseminated candidiasis are major causes of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients especially in the intensive care units (ICU). The incidence of invasive candidasis is on a steady rise because of increasing use of multiple antibiotics and invasive procedures carried out in the ICUs. Worldwide there is a shifting trend from C.
Sunit, Singhi, Akash, Deep
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